I am so sad I missed the two pieces of music. I would love to hear more erhu and pipa music. I listen to CDs of traditional Chinese music but would love to hear more, especially as modern music with or without Western orchestras.
I think WQXR listeners would like this piece - Happy Birthday mashed in with the Butterfly Lovers Concerto. It really amazed me> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvmQBH-36k

I must chose both er hu and pipa as favorites and cannot break up this couple. Regarding pipa...it is not heard enough in the west. What ever happened to the fantastic recording of Little Sisters of the Grasslands concerto with the Boston Symphony? This was the first performance I ever hear with pipa and symphonic orchestra and it was spine tinglingly beautiful. As a tour manager taking trips to China in the 1980s, I carried a "boom box" and played a tape of this (and the Butterfly Lovers violin concerto)on the domestic flight airplane in China. Western tourists and the local Chinese (many who has not heard these pieces or..not for a long time) were enthralled. I lost the tape and have not been able to replace it. It is extremely thrilling to hear all of the new music and musicians coming from China now. (But do not forget the Cultural Revolution and suffering and do not take the freedoms for granted!) K. Xi

Erhu is so elegant ! Love this rendition

Loved the erhu piece, especially having once tried to play the instrument myself. I would like to hear more of it.

Hearing the erhu piece on WQXR was really enjoyable and unusual. Please play it again and other Chinese music pieces.

My third-grade son is doing a project building a pipa for his class China museum and asks that I vote pipa.

I voted for the erhu concerto Nr. 2 It is amazing the sounds that can be released by two strings....

I'll never forget being in Juneau, AK for the summer of 2010 and having the great blessing and thrill of hearing a recital given by the great pipa player, Wu Man. It would be lovely to hear more of the pipa repertoire on WQXR :)

The erhu is pronounced "AR-Huu." (ARE-WHO)

A real New Yorker must vote for the ERHU. It is the true subway artist's instrument.

Both instruments are extraordinary and too seldom heard on WQXR
--but Tan Dun is the more interesting composer and his concerto repays repeated hearing,

For me the Erhu is one of the most beautiful sounding instruments in the world. So full of emotion and heart. It really does sweep you away to a colorful world of spiritualism and mysticism. Absolutely beautiful!

Well, silly me, I didn't realize that clicking on the blue line was a vote--I thought it was to just hear the instrument. I really meant to vote for the pipa, but I'll take either one.

I find the Ehru to be very disconsonant. It sets my teeth on edge.

The pipa is from China, not Japan. Love both instruments, especially the Erhu because of it's similarities to the violin.

I love the Erhu players that I see in the subway stations sometimes. Those guys are probably rock stars in their home towns and over here are just part of the regular NY backdrop. I never see any pipa players down there, though. Wonder why.

I've heard the Erhu played in both a classical & jazz setting. I love it's Haunting tones & it's versatility.